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Synonyms for culmen

16 synonyms
1 meaning

noun

Most common

crown height peak summit

All synonyms

Noun

1. Crown — top; summit

top, crown, height, peak, summit, ridge, apex, crest, pinnacle, vertex, zenith, acme, apogee, climax, meridian, culmination

Definitions

n. 1
Top; summit.

Forms

Plural: culmens → tops, crowns, heights, peaks…

Example sentences

crown They met the crown princes of Sweden and Denmark.
height Nikita Khrushchev was at the height of his powers.
peak How far did the Roman Empire stretch at its peak?
summit The whole world is watching the summit conference.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
culmen		falling
crown		steady
height		falling
peak		falling
summit		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: top¹
4 letters: peak¹, apex², acme²
5 letters: crown¹, ridge¹, crest¹
6 letters: height¹, summit², climax², vertex², zenith², apogee³
8 letters: pinnacle³, meridian⁴
11 letters: culmination⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (apex² = 2 syllables).